So no talk about Jeremy Lin crying racism?

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I'm a competitor. I don't want to be embarrassed by anybody on the court regardless of their race. I'm sure some dudes feel that way about him being Asian, but that is a scrub mentality if they only care about being embarrassed because he is Asian.

 

[cornercommission2k12]

when talking about racism, some of you all are acting like black basketball players are staring him down and dont like the fact he playing in they black league cause he asian. like he secretly gets called chink and people want to end his career.

that is just not true, i know its so many that hate that blacks have a certain place in racism that many who want to be victims themselves wish they had (immigrants, gays etc.) but the truth is lin aint going through no jackie robinson type of tragedy.

jackie robinson was held down cause of his skin color, lin filthy rich because of his. big difference.

lin thinks players are going at him cause he asian, no people are going at him cause of the hype that came with him. as i stated before, this is not comparable to unknown black hockey players who aint got hype and 30 million dollar deals who aint close to the most notarized individual on the team, but still gets racial chants hurled at him and racist comments made about him, due to him being a black man in hockey. lin is not close to that. its really silly to trivialize civil rights this way. lin getting cooked cant live up to his hype and want to act like he going through so much as a asian player

any player with that hype, no matter what they skin tone is gets targeted on the court. did people let lebron or kobe slide? no players went at them relentlessly cause of the hype they had surrounding them coming into the league. lin need to get over it and play better.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Lin's comment was not related to the Knicks, the Rockets or that contract. It was about basketball and how he gets treated on the court and "how its been his whole life".

The writer of the article and the threadstarter were being a little bit misleading.

Ok.

But if that's the case, they weren't being a "little bit" misleading, they were being downright misleading....and by "they" I mean the writer.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

nah I want to rip a franchise off for $25 milli then I'm good. the rockets shoulda went with Delonte west.

He didn't rip the franchise off...they were stupid enough to give him the money...and damn delonte west, they already had far better point guards on the their roster last season...they let one walk away in Dragic...and traded another for peanuts in Kyle Lowry...it was truly that a team that actually had one too many far superior players at his position, went out of their way to get rid of both to them for the privilege of overpaying Lin...I can't even imagine what it feels like to be a Rockets fan

 

[Huellz Santana]

this

negroes still living in the 1960s when their fukking president is a negro/muslim/al-qaeda member

:bruhwhat:​

 

[boskey]

He didn't rip the franchise off...they were stupid enough to give him the money...and damn delonte west, they already had far better point guards on the their roster last season...they let one walk away in Dragic...and traded another for peanuts in Kyle Lowry...it was truly that a team that actually had one too many far superior players at his position, went out of their way to get rid of both to them for the privilege of overpaying Lin...I can't even imagine what it feels like to be a Rockets fan

My guess is they wanted to sell Houston as officially "China's Team"

How Big is ex-NBA Star Tracy McGrady in China? This Big (Video) - China Real Time Report - WSJ

Even McGrady's washed up ass is a star just cuz he played next Yao.

 

[Boolean]

so tell me again how much the Knicks would miss him?

 

[50CentStan]

He didn't rip the franchise off...they were stupid enough to give him the money...and damn delonte west, they already had far better point guards on the their roster last season...they let one walk away in Dragic...and traded another for peanuts in Kyle Lowry...it was truly that a team that actually had one too many far superior players at his position, went out of their way to get rid of both to them for the privilege of overpaying Lin...I can't even imagine what it feels like to be a Rockets fan

McHale didn't like Lowry for some reason, that's why he gone, dragic was solid, but they didn't want to pay him enough.

How is he self privileged by going to Harvard? Please explain

either stick to the books or stick to hoopin, Lin was basically an a$$hole who wanted it all, nothing to do with him being of Chinese background, it's pretty sickening that he's pulling the race card in this instance.

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

Ya'll nikkas must have grew up around only black people b/c I've been around cacs my whole life and used to this shyt. I laugh at these dudes trying to go hard about race and you dudes getting butt hurt about some racist shyt like it's something new

Get out the house

 

[chineebai]

McHale didn't like Lowry for some reason, that's why he gone, dragic was solid, but they didn't want to pay him enough.



either stick to the books or stick to hoopin, Lin was basically an a$$hole who wanted it all, nothing to do with him being of Chinese background, it's pretty sickening that he's pulling the race card in this instance.

So either you're a smart person but can't play ball or someone who is good at ball but dumb as hell? What the hell is going on in your head?

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

Dude is just frustrated, shouldn't have called out the Asian thing but its probably something he dealt with while playing with a bunch of nikkas lol

I guess I would feel a certain way if he were doing with his heritage the same way Tebow did with his religion, playing off it massively then acting like a martyr, but he's never played up the "I'm Asian" card. He didn't ask for any of this he just wanted to play ball, it's the media that made a story out of his heritage. He seems like the type who's too hard on himself and in his frustration spoke outta pocket, I'm not about to exert any of my Black Rage on this confused lil kid

Deep down he knows he doesn't deserve that money tho

 

[IGSaint12]

Ya'll nikkas must have grew up around only black people b/c I've been around cacs my whole life and used to this shyt. I laugh at these dudes trying to go hard about race and you dudes getting butt hurt about some racist shyt like it's something new

Get out the house

We are not talking about what you do on the fukking playground or ymca. That's different from a professional league where you face players of the caliber of lebron and kobe. The nba is not a pickup game, if lin is not able to succeed when he knows that people are coming for him then he does not deserve that contract that he was given or the attention that he's receiving.

 

[BayArea Breez]

I think both sides are to blame. Obviously the media first, but Lin could've shyed away from it.
Instead I have to go to my mailbox and get my GQ mag and see Jeremy Lin on the cover.
LOL

Okay, he should have let money pass him by just so he can avoid threads like this

I can't believe some of y'all didn't find it to be strange to continually show random Asian people in the crowd every time Lin scored or did something good.

They could've been Japanese, they could've been Vietnamese, they could've been Korean....it doesn't matter, they're in the crowd and they look like him, soooo just cut the camera to them.

I guess I'm alone in finding that to be somewhat insulting.

Should they show a random black person in the crowd everytime Leandro Barbosa or Nene scores? Then show a white person when Anderson Varejao scores....

Coming from a large asian demographic here in the bay area, i can tell you that ALL ASIANS, even those who didn't give a crap about hoops were ALL INTERESTED in the Jeremy Lin story.

and I dont get all the criticism of Lin's game and how he's struggling this season. It's like nobody cares to acknowledge the fact that it's Kevin McHale coaching the team. Because his track record is so proven, huh?

Talk about having it both ways...

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

McHale didn't like Lowry for some reason, that's why he gone, dragic was solid, but they didn't want to pay him enough.



either stick to the books or stick to hoopin, Lin was basically an a$$hole who wanted it all, nothing to do with him being of Chinese background, it's pretty sickening that he's pulling the race card in this instance.

God forbid you try to be multi-talented

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

We are not talking about what you do on the fukking playground or ymca. That's different from a professional league where you face players of the caliber of lebron and kobe. The nba is not a pickup game, if lin is not able to succeed when he knows that people are coming for him then he does not deserve that contract that he was given or the attention that he's receiving.

Shut up little bytch. You are a weak minded bytch that can't take a little hate from someone. Stop about shyt